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I'm really not a big fan of the direction that they are taking stackexchange. Looking over a list of the avaiable sites you have: Linux and Unix, System Admini
by Dobbs 16y ago
I'm really not a big fan of the direction that they are taking stackexchange. Looking over a list of the avaiable sites you have:
Linux and Unix, System Administration, Power Users, Ubuntu, Programming, Software Engineering/Development, IT Security, and Webmasters
There is so much overlap here that is is ridiculous. From my point of view it feels like they are fragmenting the answers, questions, and participants to the point where individual sites can't survive long term.
- chrisaycock 16y agoI get the impression they are taking the same approach as Reddit, in which there are many smaller sub-communities. That gives an individual site a cozier feeling than just one massive all-in webpage. (That said, each of the major SO tags is like a community unto itself.)
- fourstar 16y agoIt doesn't work for this kind of site. Why? It's an answer-based website. You want more exposure for your answer, so you want to put it in a populated area. Reddit is a link submission site, so it doesn't really matter who looks at the links that are being submitted. It's a terrible idea, and one of the reasons I really dislike Stack Exchange. "I have a question but I see it could fit equally within 3 different sub-communities. Which one do I pick? Obviously the one with more people in it." - Me.
- wladimir 16y agoYes, they are actively destroying the network effect (more people = more useful) in this way. I hope they'll stop this before it's too late.